Comment on Restaurants dissatisfied with OpenTable: a startup opportunity? Comments−bobf15yUrbanSpoon announced a competing restaurant reservation service earlier this year: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/urbanspoon_challenges_o...Their pricing model is described as $99/mo + $1/reservation, which seems more reasonable than OpenTable's reportedly high fees. Also, UrbanSpoon seems uniquely positioned to replace OpenTable, since they already have users and restaurant data.−phil15yThanks! We've been working for a while now on this at Urbanspoon.There's more press on our reservation efforts here:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870369180457525...http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/urbanspoon-squares-...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/technology/personaltech/01...
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UrbanSpoon announced a competing restaurant reservation service earlier this year: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/urbanspoon_challenges_o...
Their pricing model is described as $99/mo + $1/reservation, which seems more reasonable than OpenTable's reportedly high fees. Also, UrbanSpoon seems uniquely positioned to replace OpenTable, since they already have users and restaurant data.
Thanks! We've been working for a while now on this at Urbanspoon.
There's more press on our reservation efforts here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870369180457525...
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/urbanspoon-squares-...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/technology/personaltech/01...